Wednesday, February 18th, 2015

Francis Parker Exploring South East Asia

Sunday, Feb. 15: One Foot in the Past, One in the Future "If you put one foot in the past and one in the future, you pee on today," Yut, our tour guide in Siem Reap, reminded us with his spread-out stance. Although seemingly far from profound and even silly, we've seen this Buddhist sentiment reiterated throughout our several days… [Read Full Article]

Monday, February 02th, 2015

Cuba seen through young American eyes

NEWS | Jan 21, 2015 | 2:10 The CBC's Adrienne Arsenault runs into a group of youths from California touring Old Havana [Read Full Article]

Wednesday, January 21th, 2015

President Asks Congress to Lift the Embargo Against Cuba

Jan 20, 2015, 6:48 PM ET By JIM AVILA and MEGHAN KENEALLY President Obama asked Congress to begin to lift the embargo against Cuba during the State of the Union address this evening. "In Cuba, we are ending a policy that was long past its expiration date. When what you’re doing doesn’t work for fifty years, it’s time to try… [Read Full Article]

Friday, January 09th, 2015

CUBA Four locals share in the high hopes of an island nation

By Michael Sullivan 01/08/2015 On Dec. 13, four Ventura locals — Patti Channer, community patroness and architect; William Hendricks, professor of photography at Ventura College; Ron Picciotti, retired engineer; and Susan Pollack, commercial interior designer, plus a few Brooks Institute students — flew into Cuba. Hendricks, who had visited the country 55 times before, and his fellow travelers were about… [Read Full Article]

Tuesday, December 23th, 2014

As Obama makes history over Cuba, will the Castros be the real winners?

After 50 years of fractious hostility, America has thrown a dramatic lifeline to the island’s bankrupt economy   To the astonishment of even the most seasoned and wired-in of Cuba hands, the half century-long cold (and hot) war between the US and Cuba is over. In what will rank alongside Nixon’s opening to China and Reagan’s embrace of Gorbachev, Obama… [Read Full Article]